Service types (POP settings)
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
Service types (POP settings)
Connection Point Services (CPS) uses a combination of eight service types (sometimes called POP settings) to determine how a connection is established.
Service types enable your users to filter for POPs specific to their needs.
Each service type has two possible options with values of 0 (zero) or 1 (one), and you convert these eight values into a decimal number to use in the Service Flag field of the POP file you plan to import.
If one of the flags for a POP is not set in the Service Types section of the .cms file in the Connection Manager profile, then even if you set the flag for this POP in Phone Book Administrator (PBA), a user may not be able to filter for the POP in Access numbers in the Connection Manager interface. For example, service types Custom 1 and Custom 2 are advanced and require manual editing of the Connection Manager service profile.
For each service type, the bitflag table (later in this topic) contains four fields. The first field is the bit number representing each option of any given service type. The second field contains integers representing the availability of each of the service type options. The third and fourth fields contain text that describes the service type option.
Options shown in bold are the default values for POPs in Connection Manager.
Immediately after the following table is an example of its use.
Bitflag table for service types
| Bit number | Option values | Option descriptions | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
0 |
0 1 |
Sign on Not Sign on |
Users can connect to the POP to sign on to your service. If you set this option to 1, you must also set the same option to 1 in Connection Manager. |
1 |
0 1 |
Not Sign up Sign up |
Users can connect to the POP to sign up for your service. If you set this option to 1, you must also set the same option to 1 in Connection Manager. |
2 |
0 1 |
Modem Not Modem |
Users can connect to the POP by modem. |
3 |
0 1 |
ISDN Not ISDN |
Users can connect to the POP using an ISDN connection device. |
4 |
0 1 |
Not Custom 1 Custom 1 |
The POP is assigned a custom service setting. You can specify custom service settings in the Connection Manager service profile. |
5 |
0 1 |
Multicast Not Multicast |
The POP supports IP multicast protocols. |
6 |
0 1 |
Not Surcharge Surcharge |
The access number for the POP appears in the More access numbers box in the Connection Manager Phone Book dialog box. You can charge your users an additional fee when they use this POP. |
7 |
0 1 |
Not Custom 2 Custom 2 |
The POP is assigned a custom service setting. You can specify custom service settings in the Connection Manager service profile. |
To determine the correct decimal value to use for the Service Flag field in your command-line import file, create an eight-bit binary number where each bit has the value given in the table. Then, convert this binary number into a decimal number.
Example
The following list begins with the service type with the least mathematical significance. If you created a POP with these service types, the binary value would be 01111000, which converts to 120 in decimal notation:
Sign on (0)
Not Sign up (0)
Modem (0)
Not ISDN (1)
Custom 1 (1)
Not Multicast (1)
Surcharge (1)
Not Custom 2 (0)
A POP using this decimal number (shown in italics) as its service flag might look like this:
1, 1, 0, Redmond, 425, 555-0135, 9600, 56000, 0, 120, ISP